I had the great pleasure to speak at a Compass in the Americas event last night at RBS in Stamford, CT. 

The building is gorgeous -- I would be tempted to work there for that reason alone!  

I teamed up with 4 fabulous women on the event's choreography: Nancy Keane, Jen Fitzgibbon, Tejal Wadhwani, and Maxine Gibbs.  These gals are smart, warm, gracious, and made the night an absolute hit.

Roughly 150 people...

I spent 14 very happy years at GS.  I first met Lloyd in 1981 when Goldman acquired J. Aron. Lloyd was just "one of the guys" back then but everyone instinctively knew that he was going to bat .500.

As a salesperson, you are the chief negotiator between the trading desk and your clients. Sometimes you have just seconds to get a trade done before the market moves - when it all...

 

The Boston Chapter of 85 Broads

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Back on My Feet

A Charity Event and Networking Breakfast Featuring Anne Mahlum, Founder of "Back on My Feet" 

Join us for a charity...

 

For those of you who don't know Gayle -- she is a ROCKSTAR.  Her book about women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan will hit the bookstands in mid-March, Harper Collins the publisher.  STAY TUNED.  

 

January 28, 2011  

Women Help Each Other Start Businesses in Afghanistan

By GAYLE TZEMacH LEMMON

The bruhaha about women exiting Wall Street rages on.  I think it would...

I just spent 3 amazing days in Silicon Valley at our first ever "Alley to the Valley" Summit.  The purpose was to connect some of the female movers and shakers from the East Coast with their female counterparts on the West Coast.  The Summit was held at the Rosewood Hotel & Spa on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park --  home to Stanford University and many of the heaviest hitters in...

85 Broads recently created a branded site with ewallstreeter.com. eWallstreeter was created by Mitchell Brown, a former colleague and great friend at Goldman Sachs. The site is a financial news curation site, which was voted Favorite Financial Site by CNBC and was picked as one of the Top 50 Financial Sites (coming in at #5) by MBAOnline.

Throughout his Wall Street career, Mitchell was involved in fixed-income securities, foreign exchange,...

Last Wednesday, we had a spectacular power breakfast at "21" to celebrate the launch of Shauna Mei's brilliant new company, AhaLife!

I am quite sure that a lot of deals have gotten done over meals at “21” which is fine dining at its absolute best. 85 Broads member Janine Gordon, who owns her own PR company and counts "21" as a client, graciously asked them to underwrite our breakfast in...

That is the question this week after three women filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status against the firm. The 72- page complaint chronicles their experiences while at Goldman. As a former Goldman partner, I am upset by their accounts.

I joined Goldman in 1988 as an analyst in the mortgage securities department and two years later became a trader on the mortgage desk. By 1996 I was managing the fixed-rate trading...

Women Call for Obama to Act: Linda Tarr-Whelan, Jacki Zehner


Today marks Women’s Equality Day, the commemoration of women’s suffrage achieved in 1920. What better time to take stock of what’s left to do?

We need a national conversation led by the White House to explore how women decision-makers can help achieve better economic performance and a more prosperous future for all.

The administration of Barack Obama has already taken the first...